On the invitation of the United Kingdom  Speaker in the House of Commons Sir Lindsay Hoyle, young persons from across the Overseas Territories were invited to attend a special segment of the UK Youth Parliament sitting on November 4^th, 2022.

Registration for the Government’s new temporary employment relief and skills development programme, the Registration Apprenticeship Training Employment and Development (RATED) Programme begins tomorrow, Friday 4^th November 2022.

The International Tax Authority would like to remind all Virgin Islands Financial Institutions (VIFI) of the following:

Permits are now required to enter or leave the Territory with endangered species of wild fauna and flora and their by-products.

The Rt Hon Lord Goldsmith MP has been appointed as Minister of State for
Overseas Territories, Commonwealth, Energy, Climate & Environment.

Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Kye M. Rymer has said that 12 of the 16 kiosks at the Road Town Market Square are near completion and the remaining four are slated to be completed by December 2022.

Public Officers at the Department of Agriculture and Fisheries, Ministry of Natural Resources and Labour and the Premier's Office have been trained on the central fisheries GIS database that is being developed for handover to the Government of the Virgin Islands.

Minister for Natural Resources and Labour Honourable Melvin Turnbull has been been nominated to serve as a Co-Chair of the Conservation Caucus and an OECS Assembly Member of the Ninth Council of Ministers of Environment and Sustainability.

Residents on the Sister Island are invited to complete a Public Service Survey that pertains to receiving Government services, identifying issues, and finding solutions to critical issues.

Minister for Communications and Works, Honourable Kye M. Rymer has said that a Public Transportation Dispatching Unit and a review of the Taxi Tariff is underway to support the highest standards of service to visitors and the travelling public.